Author: Wendy C Garfinkle

Wendy is a writer and editor who holds multiple degrees from several universities, including MA and MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University. She's the author of SERPENT ON A CROSS, a Jewish Medieval Fantasy, and a poet. She has served as a copy editor and panel reader for Hippocampus Magazine, as a reader for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and as an editor and proofreader for Booktrope and its Gravity Imprint. Wendy's most recent venture is her freelance editing business, Grammar Goddess Editing. In her day job, Wendy is a crime analyst for a sheriff's office. Her hobbies include writing, reading,and traveling. She lives in South Florida with her teenage son.

love. (lost?)

November 30, 2016August 19, 2021 Wendy C Garfinkle

i remember you. when first we met i, barely more than a child you, already touched by war. two different worlds converging. you overcame my shyness with your admiration for my writing skills. we talked and exchanged numbers. though we lived in the same town, rarely met face-to-face hours would Read more

Pretty Little Girl Trigger Warning

November 22, 2016August 19, 2021 Wendy C Garfinkle

pretty little girl blonde pixie of a child big green eyes barely 4 years from birth. “do you want some candy?” of course she does. he tells her to be quiet so they don’t wake her baby brother sleeping nearby in his crib. they slip from the room in stocking Read more

effervescent me

November 8, 2016October 6, 2018 Wendy C Garfinkle

I am not effusive with emotions, sentiments. some think me unfeeling. on the contrary I feel too much. heart-full reactions often embarrass; impede rational thinking. if I am quiet in praise and with thanks it’s because – as goes the cliché – still waters run deep and sometimes to disturb Read more